Razor strop



Sept. 18,1923, MGSAQI C. S. BEARDSLEY RAZOR STROP 7 Filed Dec. 18. 1918hymn roe:

Cbwkz's (5'. 55420510 BY M M W Patented Sept. 18, 19 23.

raiser CHARLES S. BEARDSLEY, OF CANTON, OHIO.

1 RAZOR srnor.

Application filed December 18,1918. Serial No. 267,279.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLESS. Brenne- Lnr a citizenof the United States,residing at. Canton, in the countyof Stark and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Razor Strops, of whichthe following is a specification.

The invention relates to strops for smoothing the sharpened edge of arazor blade so as to prepare and maintain it for the most efirient use;and the object of the improvement is to provide a strop which can bemounted for use upon the thumb and finger of one hand while the razorblade is held and manipulated by the thumb and fingers of the otherhand.

Some sort of strop is desirable if not necessary for sharpening orsmoothing the edge of a razor every time it is used, as well as severaltimes during each use, to keep its edge in proper condition for keen andcomfortable cutting; but unless a strop can be conveniently carried andsupported, the inconvenience of using the same often prevents one fromshaving himself or subjects one to the discomfort of a cutting, scrapingor pulling action of a poorly prepared or maintained edge when selfshaving is necessary.

The present improvement is specially useful for the short blades ofsafety razors in common use, which can be held between the thumb andfingers of one hand and stropped on a comparatively short and narrowsurface; and involves the use of transverse stiifening means andinwardly facing finger holds onthe under side of the ends of the stropfor spanning the same between the tips of the thumb and forefinger ofone hand. r

A preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, forming part thereof, in which Figure 1 is a planview of the improved strop;

Fig. 2, a side elevationof the same mounted on the thumb and forefinger;and

F 3, an under side view of the strop.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the drawings.

The strop 1 is made long enough to span the distance between the thumband forefinger of the hand when the same are extended upward and spreadapart to form a support for the strop, as shown in Fig. 2;

" the entire width of the and is preferably made wide enough, at least,to includethe length of the blades of ordinary safety razors. r

The ends of the strop are preferably split to form the upper and lowerlaminations 2 and 3; and the'stiifening-means may be a metal plate &folded upon itself, with its upper fold 5 entered between thela-minations of the strop and its lower fold 6 engaging the lower sideof the lower laminations 3 thereof.-

The stiffening plate 4 preferably extends strop and its upper fold 5 issomewhat longer than its lower fold 6, and may be secured to the lowerlamination 3 of the strop by means of rivets 7 extending through thelower lamination of the strop, thus leaving the upper laminationsthereof entirely free from the stiffening and securing means andshielding the same fromcontact with a razor blade.

The inwardly facing finger holds 8 may be in the form of crescentflanges 8 extending from the reverse side at each end of the strop, andas shown in the drawings, may be formed or stamped integral with thelower fold 6 of the stifieningplate l. These holds are preferablyinclined downward and inward so as to form an angular socket for moresecurely engaging the ends of the thumb and. finger.

It is evident that by extending the upper fold 5 of the stiffening plateinward a sub stantial distance to overhang the inner sides I" the thumband finger, the strop will be held substantially horizontal throughoutits entire length by the tension caused by spreading the thumb andfinger apart; and also that the transverse stiffening plates at the endsof the strop serve to prevent a sagging of the sides of the strop and tohold the same to its work by presenting the entire length and widththereof to the blade when the strop is spanned between the tips of thethumb and fingers.

I claim:

1. A razor strop having transverse stiffening plates provided withinwardly facing crescent flanges forming thumb and finger holds on thereverse side at each end thereof.

2. A razor strop having means for transversely stiffening its endportions with integral inwardly facing and inclined crescent flangesforming thumb and finger holds on the: reverse side thereof.

3. A razor strop having means for trans versely, stifiening itsendportiom vstith in; e e inwardly ifie g e ei flang s forming thumb andfinger holds on the re verse side thereof.

4. A razor stro-phaving rinward'lyfacingand inclined crescent flangesforming thumb and finger holds on the reverse side at each end thereof.

5; A razor stron splitto form laminetions, a transvelse stifl'-,

connected; between the. laminations at each end and nwerdlyfacing ores;

nt flang s forme 11 11 h t fie i plate Q 6. A:'rezorfsti'ophevingitsfend portions split to form ,laininations a transverse stiff,-

ening plate connected betweenthe' lamina? I at each end inwardly facingand having end portions" inclined crescent flanges formed upon theStLfi' nmg plates.

'7. gt razor strep laminated, {L transverse stlffening' plate con-"nected between the laminations at each end end having a ffolded portionengaging the under surfaceofthe strop and inwardly fec- 'ing 'crescentflanges on the folded portion M forming; thumb and finger holds.

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